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submitted 4 months ago by VinesNFluff@pawb.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 110 points 4 months ago

"Why are you trying to do [x]? Have you tried doing [y] instead?"

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 85 points 4 months ago

"You shouldn't do [y] either, you idiot, you absolute fucking buffoon. You should instead do [z, which costs a fortune and/or requires you to restructure your entire life]"

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 4 months ago

Thread closed [x] already answered please go to link: completly unrelated topic actually about [a]

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

And the link points to a solution from 2006 using a method that's been outdated and unsupported for a decade.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

somebody replies to it "Here's everything going wrong with [x]"

[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

But it will be slighly more efficient

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

"Just install Linux"

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

"But why do you want that?" should be an automatic time-out on most Q&A sites. Especially anything technical.

I don't need to convince you to make my decisions.

[-] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A lot of the time, the fundamental issue is the lack of information provided by the poster. I've seen so many threads where the provided information just isn't enough, and they don't react to any of the questions at all.